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Loop Quantum Gravity

Loop Quantum Gravity

Loop Quantum Gravity is a theory of quantum gravity based on a geometric formulation that predict discrete geometrical phenomena above some minimum length scale (the Planck length).

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Name Role Affiliations Email Phone Office Centers Research topics
Eugenio Bianchi Eugenio Bianchi Faculty Physics exb34@psu.edu +1 814 865 7533 315 Whitmore Laboratory CFT Black Holes, Loop Quantum Gravity, Mathematical Structures, Quantum Universe
Martin Bojowald Martin Bojowald Faculty Physics mob6@psu.edu +1 814 865 3502 304A Whitmore Laboratory CFT Loop Quantum Gravity, Mathematical Structures, Quantum Universe
Jacob Canel Jacob Canel Graduate Student Math jmc8684@psu.edu 18579983102 417 McAllister CFT Loop Quantum Gravity
Aurora Colter Aurora Colter Undergraduate Student Math, Physics agc5654@psu.edu CFT, IGC Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity, Physical Mathematics, Quantum Universe
Mauricio Gamonal Mauricio Gamonal Graduate Student Physics mfg5767@psu.edu 322 Whitmore Laboratory CFT Loop Quantum Gravity, Mathematical Structures, Quantum Universe
Övgü Güleryüz Övgü Güleryüz Undergraduate Student Math, Physics oqg5065@psu.edu IGC Loop Quantum Gravity
Dennis Hartmann Dennis Hartmann Undergraduate Student Physics dkh5453@psu.edu N/A CFT Loop Quantum Gravity
Samarth Khandelwal Samarth Khandelwal Undergraduate Student Math, Physics smk6968@psu.edu N/A 323 Whitmore Laboratory CFT, IGC Black Holes, Loop Quantum Gravity, Mathematical Structures
Daniel Paraizo Daniel Paraizo Graduate Student Physics dep5397@psu.edu 317 Whitmore Laboratory CFT, IGC Black Holes, Loop Quantum Gravity, Quantum Universe
Monica Rincon Ramirez Monica Rincon Ramirez Staff Physics mxr463@psu.edu 307 Whitmore Laboratory CFT, CTOC Black Holes, Loop Quantum Gravity, Physical Mathematics, Quantum Universe
Name Role Affiliations Email Phone Office Centers Research topics
Källan Berglund Källan Berglund Graduate Student Physics kmb670@psu.edu 322 Whitmore Laboratory CFT, IGC Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity
Allison Colarelli Allison Colarelli Undergraduate Student Astronomy, Math atc5357@psu.edu 7175982124 N/A CFT, IGC Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity, Physical Mathematics
Sara Fernandez Uria Sara Fernandez Uria Graduate Student Physics sara.fernandezu@ehu.eus 8142807733 321A Whitmore Laboratory IGC Loop Quantum Gravity

News about Loop Quantum Gravity

June 15, 2019 outreach
Loops '19 Conference
Loops’19, the most recent conference in a long tradition of biannual international meetings focused on loop quantum gravity and background independent approaches to quantum gravity …
June 10, 2019 outreach
The Big Bounce, Signs in the CMB?
A Loop Quantum Gravity updateIs there evidence of a cosmic Big Bounce in the sky? Can dark energy be solved by quantum gravity? In our …
June 1, 2019 outreach
Black Holes, Dark Matter & Quantum Gravity, what’s new in Loop Quantum Gravity
Are black holes related to dark matter? Do the observations of black holes by LIGO hint at a signature of quantum gravity ? Can we …
About our wordmark
Monica Rincon Ramirez

The IGC wordmark was created by Monica Rincon Ramirez while she was a graduate student at the Institute. Monica enjoys drawing new connections between fundamental theory and observations. Her graduate work included general relativity, loop quantum gravity, and quantum fields in cosmological backgrounds; her thesis focused on effective quantum corrections to gravitational phenomena from spinfoams and applications to cosmology. She received her PhD in 2024.

The wordmark symbolizes the scope of research at the IGC. The base represents quantum gravity, evoking the quantum geometrical picture from spinfoams and loop quantum gravity — approaches studied at the Center for Fundamental Theory. The middle shows galaxies embedded in a smooth surface characteristic of spacetime in general relativity and the larger physical scales studied at the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. The top curves to an extreme representing a supermassive black hole accompanied by an energetic jet, with a binary black hole pair nearby — the high-energy phenomena studied at the Center for Multimessenger Astrophysics.